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Cato Weekly Podcast • July 1, 2021 

# Counting the Costs of the Jones Act 

In restricting transportation of all manner of products, the Jones Act disproportionately harms the poor and raises prices for everyone else. Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Cato’s Colin Grabow discuss the new effort to eliminate the law.

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##### Senator Mike Lee (R‑UT) 

U.S. Senate, Utah

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##### [Colin Grabow](/people/colin-grabow)

Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute